A.J. Bouye explains how he helped Blake Bortles get in the zone this postseason

It appears that this past Sunday’s AFC championship game is still a hot topic of conversation amongst not only fans, but players as well. The most recent comments come from A.J. Bouye in regards to Blake Bortles’ recent play.

Going into the postseason and even the wild-card game, it appeared that Bortles had resorted to the mistake-prone quarterback we’ve seen in the past. After the regular season ended, Bouye decided to step in and give his quarterback and former Central Florida University teammate a confidence boost in the form of the book, Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable. The book is the work of Michael Jordan’s former personal trainer Tim Grover.

Bouye stated that he’s personally read the book five times and it helped him to get in the zone and channel his “dark side.” Evidentally, Bortles read some of the book as well as he approached Bouye during the postseason to discuss some of the lessons he took away from it

“He just came up to me and smiled. He’s like, ‘Dark side,’” Bouye told ESPN’s Mike DiRocco. “And like winked at me and I’m like, ‘Ah, you’ve been reading.’ And then you just see him run out on the practice field and just start throwing and looking confident. I was like, ‘Yeah, he’s on one.'”

In the Jags’ three games this postseason, Bortles threw for 594 yards, three touchdowns and a passer rating of 91.0. Bouye also showed more support for Bortles by saying that he can’t be blamed for the team’s loss to the Patriots and that he wishes the Jags could’ve finished strong alongside Bortles.

With Bortles receiving votes of confidence from his teammates, one has to wonder what the front office is going to do in terms of the quarterback position given the many options available via the draft and or free agency.

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